Multiple Patient EEG Monitoring

Abstract

A system and method for multiple EEG acquisition and monitoring is disclosed herein. The system includes multiple EEG machines connected to a central station over a network. Each EEG machine of the multiple EEG machines has a separate cell on a screen page to allow for an operator to monitor each of the EEG machines.

We claim as our invention: 
     
         1 . A system for monitoring multiple EEG machines and acquiring EEG recording from each EEG machine, the system comprising:
 a plurality of EEG machines, each of the plurality of EEG machine comprising a plurality of electrodes for generating a plurality of EEG signals;   a network;   a client site comprising a processing engine, a database and a display monitor, the processing engine configured to process each of the plurality of EEG signals from each of the EEG machines to generate a plurality of processed EEG recordings, wherein the processing engine is configured to display each of the EEG recordings in a separate cell in a display page for display on the display monitor.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein a plurality of trends is displayed for each of the EEG recordings in each of the separate cells in the display page. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to assign a separate cell to a newly active EEG machine. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to allow for switching between multiple modes. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to update each of the separate cells in real-time. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to permit one-click to open an active EEG recording and occupy the entire display page with the single separate cell. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to assign a user interface. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to change a parameter of a plurality of parameters of one cell without affecting the plurality of parameters of any of the other cells on the display page. 
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to move through different open EEG recordings on the display page, move to a partial EEG recording, and permit one-click to open an active EEG recording and occupy the entire display page with the single separate cell. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the processing engine is configured to allow for review of an entire EEG record on the display page. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein each of the EEG machines of the plurality of EEG machines further comprises a processor connected to the plurality of electrodes to generate an EEG recording from the plurality of EEG signals and a display connected to the processor for displaying an EEG recording in proximity to the patient. 
     
     
         12 . A method for monitoring multiple EEG machines and acquiring EEG recordings for each of the EEG machines, the method comprising:
 monitoring a plurality of EEG machines from a central station, each of the plurality of EEG machines comprising a plurality of electrodes, an amplifier and processor, the central station in communication with each of the plurality of EEG machine over a network;   acquiring EEG signals from each active EEG machine of the plurality of EEG machines;   processing the EEG signals to generate processed EEG recordings for each of the active EEG machines of the plurality of EEG machines;   displaying each of the processed EEG recordings for each of the active EEG machines of the plurality of EEG machines in a separate cell on a display page at a client device.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12  further comprising transmitting the EEG signals over a network to a processing engine at the client device to generate processed EEG recordings for each of the active EEG machines of the plurality of EEG machines. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12  further comprising processing the EEG signals for each EEG machine at the EEG machine to generate a processed EEG recording for each of the active EEG machines of the plurality of EEG machines, and transmitting the processed EEG recording for each of the active EEG machines of the plurality of EEG machines over a network to the client device. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising displaying a plurality of trends for each of the EEG recordings in each of the separate cells in the display page. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising assigning a separate cell to a newly active EEG machine. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising switching between multiple modes in each of the separate cells. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising updating each of the separate cells in real-time. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising opening an active EEG recording and occupying the entire display page with the single separate cell using one-click. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising assigning a user interface. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising changing a parameter of a plurality of parameters of one cell without affecting the plurality of parameters of any of the other cells on the display page. 
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 14  further comprising moving through different open EEG recordings on the display page, moving to a partial EEG recording, and permitting one-click to open an active EEG recording and occupy the entire display page with the single separate cell.